Major General (ret’d) Joe Singh, who has completed the inquiry into the death of Trenton Sebastian, the 19-year-old miner who died last month in a pit cave-in, says there is a great need for educating miners on the dangers they face in mining.
Singh, who led the Commission of Inquiry (CoI), made the observation when submitting the report to Minister of Natural Resources Raphael Trotman on Wednesday.
Sebastian, of Kurukubaru, Region Eight, was killed on March 14th. The Guyana Geology and Mines Commission (GGMC) had said that Sebastian was “reportedly jetting the mining face when undercut material fell in his direction and he was unable to escape its path. He was overcome before he
